It was 7PM of the 22nd of January when I arrived at Bacolod’s new airport (which is in Silay City, some 20 kilometers away from Bacolod’s downtown). As usual, I opt to go the cheapest way to get out of the airport. Shuttle vans are about P100 and taxis are more expensive. I wrote not so long ago on how ...
In the afternoon on September 13, 2009, Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Manila and the country's premiere gateway, reported a radar malfunction that caused delays, cancellations and diversion of flights going in and out of Manila starting around 2:30PM local time.
As according to Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), by around 4PM, the radar was fixed and now ready ...
It was five days before Christmas in 1987 in a calm night in the Philippines MV Doña Paz of Sulpicio Lines set sail from Tacloban in Leyte to Manila. It was another Christmas vacation ferry trip when all of a sudden, it collided with an oil tanker off-coast of Mindoro, creating a fireball and inferno that claimed almost five thousand ...
by Jeannette Andrade of Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The top official of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Sunday said that he would ban passenger jeepneys from plying Edsa with the completion of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) 1 North Extension Project next year.
At the Balitaan sa Tinapayan forum in ...
This was my personal experience crossing the Visayas on that fateful night. It was daring, it was bold and some say it was stupid. But nevertheless, I earned great experience with this trip and will be doing this route over and over again. This article was posted on June 15, 2007 at Habagat.i.ph originally entitled 'Bittersweet Escape: Two Queen Cites, ...
Originally posted at Habagat.i.ph on 21 May 2007
Two years ago, I couldn't believe that I crossed for what they say, one of the most treacherous highways in the country. Only a few years ago, during the Estrada Administration, the only thing that you see here are bombshells, mortars, evacuating people and guns, guns and more guns. Crossfire was everywhere, and ...
For starters, I'll give you how a habal-habal looks like. Well, mostly look like because of its many varieties all throughout Visayas and Mindanao. Here's a picture from www.unsapa.com:
Photo from Unsapa.com
Habal-Habal is the most popular mode of transportation in the mountainous areas and the hinterlands of Visayas and Mindanao. It is made of just a motorcycle that can go from ...